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Brain MRI (without contrast) at UPMC Altoona
620 Howard Avenue, Altoona, PA · UPMC · · NPI 112418570
$1,699.20
Cash price
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$2,832.00
Gross charge
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$269.00 with Aetna vs $2,265.60 with Private Health Care Systems — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
| Payer | Plan | Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | Medicaid | $269.00 | ↓ -84% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $282.45 | ↓ -83% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $295.90 | ↓ -83% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid | $373.88 | ↓ -78% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $398.93 | ↓ -77% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $400.00 | ↓ -76% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $405.65 | ↓ -76% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $419.94 | ↓ -75% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $458.43 | ↓ -73% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $567.27 | ↓ -67% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $1,416.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $1,416.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Preferred Healthcare System | PPO | $1,416.00 | ↓ -17% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $1,451.68 | ↓ -15% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $1,500.96 | ↓ -12% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $1,557.60 | ↓ -8% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $1,801.18 | ↑ +6% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $1,962.58 | ↑ +16% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $2,265.60 | ↑ +33% |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
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Brain MRI (without contrast) at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $1,705.20 | $83.15 – $2,557.80 |